Locust Point Industrial Area in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Orpheus

Francis Scott Key Medallion, on the base of the monument. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 15, 2008

1. Francis Scott Key Medallion, on the base of the monument.

Inscription. To Francis Scott Key author of the Star Spangled Banner and to the soldiers and sailors who took part in the Battle of North Point and the defense of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

Erected 1914.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Forts and Castles • War of 1812. A significant historical year for this entry is 1812.

Location. 39° 15.853′ N, 76° 34.928′ W. Memorial is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in the Locust Point Industrial Area. It is on Constellation Plaza, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1401 Constellation Plaza, Baltimore MD 21230, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: This Tree Dedicated to Colonel Joseph Sterett (a few steps from this marker); This Tree Dedicated to General John Stricker (a few steps from this marker); Francis Scott Key (a few steps from this marker); This Tree Dedicated to Charles Messenger (a few steps from this marker); This Tree Dedicated to Major J.J. Ulrich Rivaldi (a few steps from this marker); This Tree Dedicated to Colonel George Armistead (a few steps from this marker); This Tree Dedicated to Colonel William Steuart (a few steps from this marker); Colonel James McHenry (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Orpheus (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).

<i>Orpheus with the Awkward Foot</i> by Charles H. Niehaus image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Fuchs, November 6, 2006

2. Orpheus with the Awkward Foot by Charles H. Niehaus

Credits. This page was last revised on February 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2023, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 260 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 22, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 2. submitted on November 22, 2006, by Tom Fuchs of Greenbelt, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. A photo of the front of the sculpture. • Can you help?